There are 14 ways to get from Liverpool to Bulgaria by bus, plane, train, night train, car, car train, shuttle, busferry, or car ferry
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Bus to Manchester Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Stationbus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MAN - SOF
7h 15m$66–193Bus
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus Sofia-Bucharest
30h 32m$73–82Train, night train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofiatrain 461
2d 3h$626–1,094Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Liverpool to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Sofiacar
25h 52mFly Liverpool to Sofia Airport
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LPL - SOF
6h 35m$76–242Bus to Manchester Airport, fly to Burgas Airport
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Stationbus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane MAN - BOJ
7h 9m$101–365Bus to Manchester Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Stationbus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MAN - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
8h 25m$180–542Fly Liverpool to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LPL - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h 54m$165–631Fly Liverpool to Burgas Airport
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane LPL - BOJ
6h 28m$116–394Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BHX - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
9h 19m$215–661Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STN - SOF
9h 9m$163–452Train, bus
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
47h 24m$202–467Bus and ferry, train, bus
- Take the busferry from Liverpool Elmway close to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbusferry
- Take the train from Craiova to Vidintrain
- Take the bus from Vidin to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
2d 9hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Liverpool to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Sofiacar
27h 5m$503–793
Liverpool to Bulgaria by train, foot, night train, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Bulgaria is to bus which costs $70 - $85 and takes 30h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 6h 28m and costs $110 - $400.
No, there is no direct train from Liverpool to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Liverpool Lime Street and arriving at Централни Хали via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf, Bucuresti Nord and Централна Гара. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Liverpool and Bulgaria is 2305 km.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Bulgaria without a car is to bus which takes 30h 32m and costs $70 - $85.
It takes approximately 7h 15m to get from Liverpool to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Liverpool to Bulgaria train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Liverpool Lime Street station.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Bulgaria is to bus which takes 30h 32m and costs $70 - $85. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $75 - $250 and takes 6h 35m.
Bulgaria is 2h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 12:27 AM in Liverpool and 2:27 AM in Bulgaria.
Liverpool to Bulgaria train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Serdika via Bucharest Obor, Gara Obor, Gara de Nord, Bucharest, Sofia Central Bus Station, and Central Station in around 30h 32m. Alternatively, Ryanair flies from Liverpool (LPL) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 4 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–170
Flights from Liverpool to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Burgas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $95–340
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–150
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–230
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $45–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–420
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–420
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–420
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–410
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–360
Flights from Liverpool to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $130–360
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Liverpool to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–250
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–210
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $140–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $130–180
- Couchette Carriage
- $100–130
- Seating Carriage
- $75–90
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $270–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $47–51
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Craiova to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–22
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–210
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Liverpool Elmway close to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 02/813 33 98
- aleksiev_91_vd@abv.bg
- Website
- aleksiev-91.com
Bus from Vidin to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- aleksiev-91.com
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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